The Buzz Blog

Welcome to our blog 'The Buzz'. Here we will keep you updated on what is happening in the world of bees and honey and anything else that we think you would be interested in. If there is a topic you would like to hear about drop us an email and I'll see what we can do.

What a great harvest of honey we’ve had this season! We have a bumper crop of Marokopa Manuka and it has turned out to have an activity of 5+. Find out more about this.

We have packed most of the honeys ready for sale, you can see these in our online store. We have just extracted out Marokopa Summer and Hakarimata honeys and these will be packed over the next month.

As you may know, we try to produce honey which is a refection of the great diversity we have here in the Waikato. Much like a great wine reflects the terroir of where the grapes have grown, Sweetree Honey’s different varieties reflect the area and season the bees worked their magic. And just like a wine the flavour changes with each vintage. You will notice the honeys are quite different in colour, texture and flavour from last year. In spring, Heketara flowered strongly, but there was no Rewarewa, and there was a huge amount of clover. Our Marokopa Manuka and Spring are lighter in colour this year and the Four Brothers Reserve has come out much darker! Remember, our west coast manuka, has always been lighter than other manuka honeys, and manuka honey can be a wide range from light to dark amber.

We will shortly update the photos of each honey on the website, so you can get a good look at them. Updated tasting notes will be next, so watch this space!